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C. F. A. DAHN.

GRAIN SHOCKING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 199.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

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C. F. A. DAHN.

GRAIN SHOCKlNG MACHINE- APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1919.

1,323,678. Patented Dec. 2,1919.

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GRAIN SHOCKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1919.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

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CHARLES FERDINAND AUGUST DAHN, OF CALUMET, MICHIGAN.

GRAIN-SHOCKING MACHINE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES FERDINAND AUGUST DAHN, a citizen of theUnited States. and resident of Galumet,in the county of Houghton andState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGrain-Shocking Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines fordepositing bundles of grain in shock relation uponthe ground whereby toeliminate the manual shocking operation heretofore necessary inconnection with conventional types of grain binders.

;It is primarilythe object of my invention to provide a machine adaptedfor connection with a conventional type of grain binder, to

travel therewith and to receive .bundles of grain as they aredischargedfrom the binder and to discharge said bundles intermittentlyin upstanding shocks on the ground, coincident with continuous travel ofthe machine.

It is a more specific and importantobject of my invention to provideamachine of this character wherein the bundlesof grain discharged fromthe binder are manipulated and set up in shock relation in a mannersimulating the manual shocking operation, and avoiding the necessity oftying together the bundles which comprise the shocks.

It is still further my object to provide a machine of this characterwhich is of maximum simplicity consistent with the various essentialfunctions of the parts whereby the machine constitutes a minimumadditional draft load in the harvesting "operation and wherein a maximumcompactness is procured. 7 A I A still further object resides in theprovision of a machine of this character wherein compensation is had forvarious irregularities of the ground over which the machine travels, sothat the machine may shift in its relation to the binder in accordancewith A. stilta her e ie ire ie P Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Dec, 2, 1919,

Application filed. Aprfl 14, 1919. Serial No. 290,054.

vision of a machine wherein the bundles of grain received from thebinder are deposited on the ground in mutually inclined rows to form theshocks.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, which will beapparent as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter described and defined by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved shocking machine associated witha grain lloinder, which is shown in conventional out- Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical sectional view 011 the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig.2.

Fig. iis a, vertical sectional view taken centrally through the turntable of my machine on a plane at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2,as indicated by the line 4-4: 'of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing the shock release trip member carriedby a rim portion of the turn table.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through the shock carriers in theirposition depositing the shocks on the ground.

Fig. 7. is a detailed view showing the means for actuating the holdingfingers of the shock carriers.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings in Figs. 1and :2 there is shown conventionally a common form of binder includingthe main frame at having transversely journaled therein at one end thepitman shaft 6 over which extends the downwardly inclined dischargetable 0 for the bundles. This end portion of the frame is supported bythe drive wheel'd, and has extending therefrom the usual draft tongue 6.For attaching my improved shocking machine to the binder, and forderiving power from the shaft 7) for operating the machine, a bracket 10is secured to the adjacent end sill of the binder frame a and hasextending outwardly therefrom a tubular bearing 11 in which is disposeda stub shaft section 12 driven from the'shaft b by intermeshing beveledgears 13.

My improved shocking machine comprises a base frame i cluding side s l s14 nd e 'ing 11.

"end. :of the main frame is supported by ground Wheels 19 carried byswiveled forks 20 secured adjacent the outer corners of the frame.Mounted above the base frame is an upper frame including; side sills 21.and end sills 22, this upper frame carrying the operating mechanism ofthe machine, which mechanism includes a longitudinal shaft 23 carried byhanger bearings 2 f on the upper frame and having its end adjacent thebinder squared for sliding" engagement in a sleeve shaft 25 connected bya universal joint 26 with the drive stub shaft 12 of the attachingbracket, the axis of this universal :jointcoinciding with the axis ofthe pins 17 whereby to permit a free driving' action upon verticaltilting movement of the base frame. The upper frame is supported byrollers 27 mounted in hanger brackets on the side sills 21 of saidframe, and riding on the sills 1-1 of the base frame, wherebyfree-relative longitudinal shifting ofthe frames is permitted. Disposedabove the upper frame is a bundle receiving table 28 which is providedadjacent its outerend with a depending arm 29 having its lower portionbifurcated and pivoted on pins 30 projecting radially from a collar 31which is journaled on a sleeve 32 which is carried by one of the crosssills 22 of the upper frame, and incidentally forms an intermediatebearing for the main drive shaft 23. The platform 28 is thus affordedzauniversa connection with the upper frame, and the forward end of theplatform carries bracketsi33 for pivotal connection with the outer end"of the discharge table 0. The intermediate :portionof the forward sill14 of the base frame is connected with the draft tongue 6 ofthe binderby a diagonal brace linlr 34:;ai'1d the outer end of the upper framecarries bundle'receiving members movable over the table 28. f

i A. -anaximum flexibility of the various par-ts of "my machine isprocured by the aforedesc-ribed pivotal connections of the vari ousframes and platform parts to compensate for irregularities-of the groundover which the machine travels, in such manner as to insure coritinuedeflieient "operation of the machine, it being noted that tiltingmovement of the base frame on its lon, itu-' dinal axis andiridependently "of the binder will not affect the position of the table28.

Also tilting movement of thebase frame on the axis of the pins 17 willmerely slightly raise or lower the table 28, the upper frame movinglongitudinally on the'base frame incidental to such tilting movement ofthe latter. The shock forming members'of my ,jects past the table, 28.This baselplate is provided with an upstandingannular track flange 36,and journaled centrally in a bearing on the plate is a vertlcal shaft 37carrying a'turn table 38 provided witha downturned peripheral flange 39located inwardly of the track flange 36. V p 1 Vertically journaled indiametrically opposed intermediate portions of the turn table are a pairof shafts 40, each shaft having its upper endi'bifurcated' for pivotalcounection with a carrying shaft 'll'of' one of i the shockingmembers,the shocking members carried by the shaft 41 being designated by theletter-A. "Shocking members B, each adapted for cooperation with acorresponding shocking member A are mounted on shafts 42 pivoted betweenpairs of ears l3 upstanding on diametrically opposed intermediateportions of the turn tables, the pivotal connections of the shafts l1and L2 being preferably equally spaced about the shaft 37. Forsupporting't'he shafts in substantially horizontalradially extendingposition, a hanger brackets l is carried by each shaft and mounts aroller 45 which rides on the track flange 36 of-the turn table base. Theshafts t2 are held in radial position upon rotation of the turn table byupstanding stops 46 on the periphery-of the turn table engaging theshafts at their sides which are disposed rearwardly with respect to thedirection rotation of the turn table, this direction of rotation beingcounterl'oclrwise as shown in Fig. 1. The hanger brackets of the shaftsl1 and 42 are slidable thereon, and to dispose eo-actiing shock formingmembers A and B in parallel relation to each other and to the directionof rides in a substantially elliptical cam chan-' nel formed byupstanding flanges =49 on'the turn table base. At the side ofthe turntable base adjacent the table"2.8, the and are of the channel isconcentric with the turn table, 7

.48 riding in'the cam channel will swingthe ing shaft 41 or 42.

shaft 41 in a clockwise direction counter to the opposite bodilymovement of the shaft and hence retard the swinging actionof the shockforming member A. As shown more particularly in Fig. 1, by thisarrangement a movement of the turn table and consequently of the pivotshaft 40 of each carrier shaft 11 through an arc of 180 will swing theshock forming member A through an arc of90, at the same time shiftingsaid member outwardly of the machine to lie at one side of the turntable axis; Thus upon successive quarter revolutions of the turn table,a shock forming member A may be disposed on the table 28 to fill saidmember with bundles, then shifted to dispose a shock forming member 3 onthetable toreceive its load of bundles and finally upon shifting themember B to lie in rearward discharging position, the shock formingmember A will be disposed in parallelism therewith whereby the rows ofbundles carried'by the members may rest against each other uponwithdrawlng the members, to thus form the shock.

Eachof the shock forming members A and B comprises an elongated headplate which is provided at one side of its center with a collar 51mounted on an elongated sleeve 52 slidably' mounted upon the carry- Thesleeve 52 engages in and is secured in the upper sleeved end of thehanger bracket 44-, and the collar 51 of the head plate is heldagainstmovement on the sleeve by confinement between said bracket and acollar 53 fiXed on the sleeve at the opposite side of the plate.Extending from each side portion of the head plate 50 are a series oftines 54 forming a skeleton container for a row'of bundles. The outerends of these tines are flared to facilitate the shown in Fig. 2, toreceive bundles directly from the discharge table 0 of the binder, and abar 55 extends transversely'over the inner end portion of the table tosupport the upper series of tines 54, the ends of the bar being extendedoutwardly of the sides of the table and then bent downwardly andinwardly at 56 for-attachment to the table whereby to provide ampleclearance for the ends of the bundles in moving therepast.

To provide an inclined relation of the bundles whereby to facilitatetheir support on the ground when they are moved to shock formingposition, a sinuously bent wire 57 extends between the series of tinesat their inner end portions and is disposed obliquely with respect tothe head plate 50. To render this stop member adjustable whereby to varythe inclination imparted to the end bundles of the row deposited in theshockforming member, one end thereof is pivoted at 58 tothGxbiLSQPOItlOH of one of the tines, and its other end has formedthereon a loose collar 59 receiving an opposite end tine, and adjustablysecured thereto by a set screw 60.

Bundles of grain are fed into the shock forming member from thedischarge table 0 of the binder by kicker arms 61 which work inlongitudinal slots formed inthe inner with a stub shaft 66 havingintermeshing drive shaft 23. i i To hold a row of bundles within thshock forming member until the row of bundles are moved to a desiredrelease position, a shaft 68 is transversely carried by the outerendportions of each series of tines of the members A and B which isdisposed upwardlywhen the member is on the loading table 28. This shaftis journaled in bearings 69 onsaid tines,and is inclined inwardly in ageneral manner corresponding to the inclination of the stop 57 wherebyin conjunction with said stop to compress the head end portions of therow of bundles. The shaft 68 carries a series of radial fingers 70 whichare adapted to extend transversely across the mouth of the containerdefined by the tines. These fingers are normally held in retractedposition by a spring 71 secured at one end to the base portion of one ofthe tines and having its other end secured to the link 72 which isconnected with a crank arm 73 on the shaft. This link is also connectedwith a lever 74 pivoted adjacent its lower end to the head plate 50 ofthe shock forming member, and said lever carries an angular rock finger75 which is engageable with a cam 7 6projecting from the outer end ofthe table whereby to rock the lever upon movement of the shockformbeveled gear connection 67 with the main mg member irom the tableand to conse- 1 on the lower end of the turn table shaft 37,

which projects below the base plate 35, and this gear wheel meshes witha beveled pinion on the end of the main drive shaft 23. The gear wheel79 carries clutch teeth engageable with the teeth of a clutch member 81splined on the shaft 37, and movement of this clutch member iscontrolled by loose engagement therewith of the branched intermediateportion of a lever 82 having one end pivoted to the base plate 35. Theother end of the lever is resiliently urged to ride upon the upper faceof an annular cam rib 83 mounted on the gear wheel, and'this cam rib hasa depressed portion extending through one quarter of its peripherywhereby when the lever rides on said depressed portion, the clutchmember .81 will engage the teeth of the gear wheel 79 to procure drivingoperation of the turn table, and whereby when the lever rides upon themajor raised portion of the cam surface, the turn table will be idlewith one of the shock formingmembers halted upon the table 28 to receiveits load of bundles, and since the stationary intervals of the turntable are three-fold greater in length than the rotating intervals,suflicient time will be afforded for loading the bundle forming members.

The collars of the head plates 50 form pivot bearings therefor, and byreason of the disposition of said collars laterally of the centers ofthe plates, said plates and'the container structures carried thereby areoverbalanced. at their sides which receive the base ends of the bundles.Thus, as the shock forming members A'and 13 move from the table 28, thecontainer structures will swing on thesleeves 52 to procure asubstantially vertical position of the row of bundles carried thereby,so that the bases of the bundles rest 011 the ground in the rearwardposition of the shock forming members. When the shock'forming members Aand B are disposed in parallel rearward relation as shown in Fig. 1, amutual inclination of. the rows of bundles is procured by a lateralabutment 84 on'one ofthe head plates 50 which ongages the other headplate below the pivotal' axis of the head plates to thus procure therelation shown. in Flg. 6.

'sition forming the shock.

It is necessary for the shock arming members to 'move past theirrearward limit of movement without releasing {the holding fingers 70 ofthe rows of bundles *carried thereby, so that the bundles are held untilsuch time astlre' coactin'g shock forming member Bmoves to rearwardposit-ion,

so that both rows ma'y besimultaneously released to procure their mutualsupport. To procure this simultaneous release, the track flange 36 ofthe base plate 35 is cut away at its rear portion, and 'a shiftabletrack section 85 is provided which is carried by a plate 86 slid'abl'ein guides 87 mounted under the base plate, this shiftable'track sectionbeing 'adapted'to lie in the cutaway po1't1onto form a continuation ofthe track flange, and being slnitable rearwa-rdly. The

track section isnormally held in registry with the track flange36 by anintermedi- -ately pivoted latch lever'SS which has one end engageablewith a stop" 89 carried on'a pin upstanding from the plate '86 andslidable in a radial slot 90 of the base plate, the latch leverbeingresilientlyurgedto this position by a lever'spring91, A trip bar"92 is disposed under and rearwardly of the base plate '36, theendportions of this bar being extended downwardly and then inwardly forattachment to the base plate to provideclearance forthe end of a releasearm 93 connected with each latchfinger 78,

which as heretofore explained controls the operative "position of theholding fingers 70' of the shock iormingmembers. Formed on the innerperiphery of the depending flange 39 of the turn: table adjacent each.shock forming member'B is a cam projection 9a engageable with the lever88 to trip said lever and release the plate 86 and track sec-- tioncarried thereby for outward movement. Thls IGlGfiSGlS timed to occurwhen the-supporting wheels of both shock forming members A and B are onthe track section.

Thus, when the lever 88 is tripped, the shock forming members remainstationary for a brief period, and the advance of the machine engagcsthe trip bar 92 with the arms 93 to releasethe latch fingers 78 and consequently release the holding fingers 70.

.The shock forming members are thus free to strip from the rows ofshocks carried thereby, which rows of shocks beingv inclined together inall directions are afforded mutual support to retain their standing po-To return the track section 85 to alinement with the track flangeportions 36 whereby upon succeeding crotative movement of the turntable, the

rollers 45 will ride on the track flange, an

' abutment finger 95 depends from the plate 86, and this abutment fingeris engageable by the upturned arm of an angle lever 96 which is pivotedon a bracket 97 depending from the base plate 35 and which is rocked byengagement ofits other arm with a cam projection on the under face ofthe drive pressedlportion of the cam rib 83 with respect to thedirection of rotation of thegear wheel, and it is noted'that inalternate rotations of the gear wheel, the lever 96 would be rocked idlyby the cam. As the shock forming members travel aroundithe' front of theturn table, they are rocked to horizontalposition for engagement ontheloading table 28 by means of a downwardly in-" clined liftingextension-99 of said table. It is noted that the height of the table 28is substantially equal tothe distance between the pivotal aXes of theshock forming memhere and the ground so thatwhen the members areswung'to vertical position, the bases of the bundles carried thereinwill restagainstthe ground, the'height of the table being thus aboutthree feet in a machine designed An exceedingly simply and compact ma-,chine'has thus been provided which will receive bundlesfrom aconventional binder and "ClBPOSIlD said bundles on the ground in propershocks, and in an entirely automatic manner to'thus dispense with theelement of manual labor heretofore found necessary-in completingthe'work of the binder.

What is claimed is:

1. A grain shocking machine including a wheeled base frame, means foruniversally binder, a table having slidable connection with the mainframe, means for pivotally connecting the table with the discharge tableof the grain binder, and means carried by the main frame for movingbundles from the first named table and depositing said bundles inshocked relation on the ground.

2. A grain shocking machine including a base frame, means foruniversally pivotally connecting the base frame with a grain binder, asecond frame slidably mounted onthe base frame, a table, a singlesupport for said table universally pivoted on the second frame, meansfor pivotally connecting the table with the discharge table of thegrainbinder, and means carried by the second frame for moving bundles fromthe first named table and depositing said bundles in 55 shocked relationon the ground.

3. A grain shocking machine including a base frame, means foruniversally pivotally connecting the base frame with a grain binder, asecond frame slidably mounted on V for harvesting wheat and similargrams. P

members carried by the turn table and movable over the first namedtable.

4. A. grain I shocking machine including a main frame, a tubular bearingbracket adapted for securement to agrain binder, a stub shaft journaledin said bearing bracket and adaptedto be driven from the grain lineforreceiving bundles discharged from the binder and depositing-said bundleson J the ground in shocked relation.

5. A, grain shocking machine including a main frame, a tubular bearingbracket adapted for securement to a grain binder, a

stub shaft journaled in said bearing bracket and adapted to be drivenfrom the grain binder, a collarjournaled on the tubular bearing, pintleson sand collar, brackets on the main frame ournaled on said pintles, a

second frame slidably mounted on the main frame, a longitudinal shaftcarried by said frame and having universal connection with the stubshaft, a loading table, a depending arm on the loading table havinguniversal connection with the second frame co-aXial with the shaftthereof, means for pivotally connecting said table with the dischargetable of the grain binder, and means carried by the second frame andoperable'by said shaft thereof for moving bundles from the loading tableanddischarging them in shocked relation on the ground.

6. A grain shocking machine including a plurality of shock formingmembers, means for successively charging said shock forming members withrows of bundles, and means for moving pairs of said members to parallelposition whereby to dispose rows of bundles carried thereby in shockedrelation. V

7 A grain shocking machine comprising a substantially horizontal tableadapted to receive bundles from a grain binder, a series of shockforming members, means for moving said members successively over thetable to receive rows of bundles therefrom, means for disposing pairs ofsaid shock forming members in parallel relation at the rear of themachine, and means for releasing rows of bundles from the shock formingmembers when disposed in such parallel position.

8. 'A grain shocking machine comprising 'a turn table, a loading table,radial shafts carried by the turn table and movable over theloadingtable, shock forming members pivoted on said shafts and normallydisposed in vertical position, means for swingmg said shock formingmembers to horizonposition on the loading table, means for impartingintermittent rotative steps to the turn table and means for disposing;pairs of said radial shafts in substantially parallel relation at therear of the machine.

9. A grain shocking machine including a loading table, a turn table,pairs of co-acting shockforming members earned by the turn table andmovable successively overthe loading table, means for imparting rotativesteps 'tothe turn table, means for retarding swinging. movement of oneshock forming member of'each pair upon rotation of the turn tablewhereby to dispose said memberin parallel relation tothe succeedingmember of the pair, and means for. releasing bundles from saidshockforming members when dis:

posed in such parallel relation.

10. A gram shoclnng mach ne includmg a loading table, a turn table,pairs of co-acting shock forming members carried by the turn tableand'movalole successively over the loading table, means for impartingrotative steps to. the turn talo1e,means for retarding swinging movementof one shock forming membelicof each palr upon rotation of the memberswhen disposed in such parallel relation.

1 1. A grain shooklng machine ncluding-a turn table,- a plurality ofshock formingmembers carried by rthe turntable, means for loading rowsof bundles into successive shock formingrnemhersuponrotation of theturntable, 'meansfor dispos ng-pa rs; or a shock; forming members inparallelrelation r at therear of the machine, and means for re leaslngbundle from said shock formingmembers when disposed inf such parallel relation. e r r In testimonythatI claim the foregoingl have hereunto Setmy hand-atCalumet,'in

the county oi Houghtoneind State QfMlchls gan.

CHARLES EERDINAND'AUGUSTVDAILN.

